Privacy Policy
Updated: January 10, 2024
Full Disclosure
The content on Beet of the Wild is owned and edited by Michelle McCowan. It is based on expertise, along with personal experiences and preferences. We deeply value our visitors, and it is of utmost importance to us to remain ethical and transparent. We provide full disclosure about our partnerships when writing about specific brands or products. We make our readers aware of our partnership by placing a disclaimer at the top, bottom and within the post(s).
Advertisers, brands and other affiliates will never influence the content found on Beet of the Wild. All content, topics and products are carefully chosen by Michelle and will always remain in alignment with Beet of the Wild’s philosophy of inspiring our readers to live whole, healthful lives.
All views and opinions shared on Beet of the Wild are our own and are always expressed with 100% honesty. Financial or any other compensation will never influence our opinions, use or promotion of a product or brand. Our promise is to remain true to our morals, ensuring to never promote a product we do not fully support. With our readers’ best interest in mind, we will only partner with brands and share products that are in alignment with Beet of the Wild’s mission and ethical standards.
Terms & Conditions
Carefully read the following before accessing or using this website. By accessing and using this website, you are agreeing to legally binding terms and conditions. Your use and access of this website, Beet of the Wild, indicates your acceptance and agreement to the following terms and conditions. The following stated terms and conditions form a binding agreement between you, Beet of the Wild and all of its properties. We may change or update our terms and conditions at any time without advance notice. Once posted on this site, all terms become effective immediately. By continuing to use this website after any updates or changes, you are accepting and agreeing to the new terms and conditions. Please
Unauthorized use of any Beet of the Wild content, including but not limited to; images, writings, text, videos and audio is strictly prohibited. Anyone wishing to re-publish, re-distribute or use any Beet of the Wild content for commercial use, publication or any other dealings must be pre-approved and authorized through written consent by Michelle McCowan, the Sole Proprietor of Beet of the Wild.
Please see our Terms and Conditions and Photo and Recipe Sharing Policy for further details.
1) Links to Third Party Websites
The Beet of the Wild Website contains links to third-party websites that are not under control of Beet of the Wild. Beet of the Wild is not responsible for the content, services or products that any linked websites provide. While we may earn a small commission, at no expense to our visitors, these links are not sponsored or endorsed by the brands (unless otherwise stated), they are provided for the convenience of our visitors.
2) Privacy
At Beet of the Wild we care about your privacy, we know and understand how important it is and we are committed to offering full transparency of any collected information.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Social Sharing
This website uses a social sharing feature for users to share their favourite posts and recipes on various social media platforms. Upon using these sharing features, the external websites may track your IP address in accordance with their data privacy policy.
We use a Pinterest Save widget at our website to allow you to pin images to Pinterest from our webpages. These requests may track your IP address in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy
We use a Facebook share widget to share articles and recipes to your Facebook feed. This widget may collect your IP address, your web browser User Agent, store and retrieve cookies on your browser, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with the widget, including correlating your Facebook account with whatever action you take within the widget (such as “liking/sharing/recommending” our webpage), if you are logged in to Facebook. For more information about how this data may be used, please see Facebook’s data privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/update.
X / Twitter
We use an X / Twitter Tweet widget on our website. As a result, our website makes requests to Twitter’s servers for you to be able to tweet our webpages using your Twitter account. These requests make your IP address visible to Twitter, who may use it in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://twitter.com/en/privacy#update
GooglePlus
We use a GooglePlus widget at our website. As a result, our website makes requests to Google’s servers for you to be able to share our webpages using your GooglePlus account. These requests make your IP address visible to Google, who may use it in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
We use Reddit Badge widget at our website which may log information when you interact with the widget. This may include your IP address, user-agent string, browser type, operating system, referral URLs, device information (e.g., device IDs), pages visited, links clicked, user interactions (e.g., voting data), the requested URL and hardware settings, in accordance with their privacy policy: https://www.redditinc.com/policies/privacy-policy
StumbleUpon
We use StumbleUpon Badge widget at our website which may log information when you interact with the widget. Log Data is a form of Non-Identifying Information, in accordance with their privacy policy: http://www.stumbleupon.com/privacy
Buffer
We use Buffer widget at our website to allow you to add our webpages to your Buffer account, which collects log data from your browser. This Log Data may include information such as your IP address, browser type or the domain at which you are interacting with the widget, in accordance with their privacy policy: https://buffer.com/privacy
Cookies
Cookies are small files that get stored on your computer or device when you visit some websites. They are used by many websites to improve and tailor content to users’ specific needs. Cookies are used on this website to track visitor behaviour. This allows us to analyze and improve user experience. If you prefer not to allow the use of cookies, you can opt-out by changing your browser settings.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded Content From Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
How Long We Retain User Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Affiliate Programs
The Beet of the Wild website may engage with affiliate partnerships and marketing. This is done by placing tracking links on our website. By clicking an affiliate link, a cookie is placed in your browser to track any sales for commission purposes. Beet of the Wild chooses affiliate partnerships carefully, ensuring they are in alignment with the Beet of the Wild mission and ethical values. When purchasing through affiliate links, there is no extra charge to Beet of the Wild Visitors (if anything, the product or service will be offered to visitors at a discounted rate). All affiliate links and partnerships will be clearly disclosed at the top, bottom and within the posts or pages.
Contact
If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact us through our contact page.